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The Irish standard., 1887-07-09
A UNITED COUNTRY.

The late annual meeting of the Arch.
bishops and Bishops held at Maynooth
College was notable one for many rea.
sons. The patriotic Archbishop Walsh
presided, and strong resolution was
passed denouncing the Tory coercion
measure. 1t will not require a very
profound person to understand why
this measure should have been passed.
This action of the hierarchy has deep
meaning for Ireland and for it's foes.
1t shows that, as our esteemed contem-
porary the Catholic Telegraph remarks,
for veal or woe, the Bishops and
Priests have cast in their lot with the
struggle for national freedom, and lend
thereto the august support of their ap-
probation and encouragement in this
momentous crisis Of the country's his.
tory. The hearts of the Irish Bishops
and Priests have been with the people,
even when at times for the sake of the
people, those hearts had to bleed in re.
commencing a patience and forbear-
ance which had no other motive than
the greater good of the people and their
preservation from the violence of over.
whelming odds. There action has been
at times misconstrued by some too ar
dent spirits, whose impet haste for
the liberation of Ireland bespoke more
the rashness of generous passion than
the calm vigilance which knew alike
the moment to stay popular feeling and
the moment TO enlist it in concerted
action. Like the veteran Triarli in the
last days of Pompeii, the Irish prelates
have stood unshaken at their posts dur
ing the long night of Ireland's history.
Neither the menace of foes nor the de-
sertion of less wise friends have been
able to move them from their vantage
ground, and now that the last battle of
Ireland's freedom is being fought, they
are seen: still in the van-between
friends and foes-marshalljng the
forces of Ireland to victory.
Against Ireland united, the Tories,
Unionists and Orangemen are inn
potent in their insane rage. The ma
tional union of the country is the Ban
shee forewarning them of their doom /;
and the Coercion Bill, their own grave
that they have dug, into which Irish
hands will gently, but surely, lay them
down, whilst Irish pens indite their epi-
taphs and Irish tongues pronounce
their funeral grafton.
The Irish standard., 1887-07-09

IT would appear that in London, so
far as the newspapers of that great city
are concerned, the Pail Mall Gazette is
the only one that will strike at wicked
ness in high places. The Prince of
Wales, it is stated, might commit
murder or other serious crimes with
perfect immunity, so far as the other
newspapers are concerned. They are
true time-servers. The Pail Mall
Gazette severely criticizes the absurd
ity of continuing the ''rigidity of royal
etiquette and observing the pretentious
forms of a century ago, in the face Of
the rising tide of democracy" The ut
terances of the Gazette are displeasing
to the votaries of royalty and the Tory
party, that alone represent the old the
ories of God given kings and queens. 1t
is rather significant fact, that a prom
inent paper in the city of London. i'll
the midst of royal jubilation, should
discountenance the honors paid to roy
atty and raise the democratic flag in the
face of ancient royal prerogatiyes.
The Irish standard., 1887-07-09
JOHN DILLON's NEW PLAN.

Some time ago in the British HOuse
of Commons John Dillon stated that he
had scheme under consideration that
would prove just as effectnal against
tie operation of the provisions of the
Coercion Bill as the plan of campaign
had against the iniquitous laws now in
existence. Mr.. Dillon's latest plan of
resistance has been published in out
line as follows:
1. That an indefinite organization,
without meetings aud without officers,
be carried Oh in every parish, the pres
ent league treasurer accepting such
funds IS should be sent to him and
transmitting them to Mr.. Parnell by
private letter.
2. That any person who should sup
ply information, assist the working of
the act, or yield to the pressure Of the
secret inquiry under it be regarded as
"a virtual informer, unfit to associate
with Irish Nationalists.
8. That Imprisonment under the act
be regarded as an honor, that those who
suffer the same be elected to such posi-.
tions of trust in the gift of the people
as may become vacant, and that their
neighbors perform for their families
whatever work their holdings may re-
quire during the term of incarceration,
while out of any funds at the disposal
of the parish, supplied from any source,
the families of the Impoverished be
succored."
4, Where it can be done without
technical violation Of the law the peo-
pie of each parish ''shall assemble in
mass meeting as often as possible to
vindicate whatever constitutional rights
are left"
S. That 1.-THE young men of each par
ish" carry out the whole plan on the
mere suggestion of the leaders Of the
people in the House of Commons or
from the English platform.
The Irish standard., 1887-07-09

been justified in revolution, Ireland
would be justified in using any weapons.
even tie most deadly, to secure he1
emancipation. But the desired end
could not be effected by the methods of
violence. The work of peaceful per-
suasion may be slow, but those employ
ing it for the coveted purpose have
been greatly increasing in numerical
strength, and, Notwithstanding all the
hardships and distractions intervening,
there can be but little doubt that the
increase will continue surely and for
effect
The Irish standard., 1887-07-09
SATURDAY, JULY Q. 1887.
NOTABLE ANNIVERSARIES.

Sunday, July 10-Columbus born, 1447.
Monday, July 1.-THE French fleet,
under d d'Estaing, arrived at Newport.
Va, 1778. Fairfield, Ct., burned,
l779.
Tuesday, Julv 12 Battle of Aughrim,
1891.
Wednesday. July 13-First steam yes
sci jthe Sirius) arrived in Cork llar-
bor from America, 1919. Tornado at
New Orleans, 1921.
Thursday, July 14-Opening OF the
Worlds Fair at New York, 1853.
Friday, July 15-General Wayne ("Mad
Anthony'') captured Stony Point.
1779.
Saturday, July 16-President Washing
ton signed the bill to place the seat of
the National Government on the Pot
omac River, 1890.
The Irish standard., 1887-07-09
BOSTON REPENTs.

Like Prodigal Son, Boston has re-
pented for her action in permitting the
British societies of Boston to hold their
jubilee celebration in Fareuil Hall.
The Common Council of that city at q
resent session passed resolutions de-
ploring the desecration of the ssCradle
Of Liberty, !" and denouncing those who
were guilty. Of it. The preamble adopted
by the council recites that $ 'Faneuil
The Irish standard., 1887-07-09

EARL SPENCER declared at late
demonstration at Omagh, Tyrone, that
he did not know OF any special instance
where there had been intolerance on
the pa1t of Catholics. He rather
thought it had been the other way.
Unprejudiced history records the same
fact.
The Irish standard., 1887-07-09
TORY COERCION.

The Tories are moving heaven and
earth in order to make the intelligent
electors of England and Scotland be-
lieve that Ireland IS in such a deplor-
able state Of lawlessness that nothing
but a rigorous coercion bill will bring
about peace and harmony. We read
that at a recent meeting of a criminal
court in certain Irish county, the pre-
siding Judge, who was a Tory, when
informed that were no cases Of Grim
inal nature to come before him, had
the impudence to state that he was
sorry ''crime should be so concealed as
to battle the efforts of the law officers to
bring it to light ~ This, of course, is
only an individual instance, for similar
efforts to make it appear tina. certain
districts in Ireland were ces,-pools of
vice and iniquity have been repeated
time and again.
We are prepared to admit that there
have at times been dissensions and
jealous among the Irish people. but
they can almost invariably be traced to
the trickery of British emissaries, or
the natural outgrowth of the oppression
to which the Irish people have been
subjected by their tyrannical task
masters. The Tories we'll know that
Ireland is not the only country inter
ested in the outcome of the present
struggle. They know that the eyes of
the civilized world are upon them, and
that it is only by fomenting strife and
lawlessness they can hope to convince
other nations that there is any need
whatever for strong repressive mea-
sures in Ireland. There was day
when such ascheme might have proved
successful, but the people of all civil
lied countries, particularly the United
States, have been too we'll schooled in
the wiles and ways of British Tory
statesmen to be duped by such trans
parent fraud.
One man can lead a horse to the
rivers brink, but nine men cannot
force that same horse to drink, pro-
viding he does not feel that way, and
the same with the Tories, they can pass
as many coercion bills as they have a
mind to, but all the soldiers in the
British Empire cannot make even one
of them successfully operative. The
Irish people appreciate the fact that
for the first time in the his
tory of their noble struggle for self
government they have the sympathy Of
the civilized world with them, and that
by permitting themselves to be intimi-
dated into doing what they know to be
wrong they would ALLEVIATE that SYM
pathy. The coercion bill has been
studied thoroughly, and only one con-
clusion with regard to it's necessity can
be arrived at-that it is the manifest
intention of the Tories, not merely to
keep the Irish people in state of unre-
lenting hardship, but to inaugurate a
system which will punish as crimes ac-
tions which heretofore have been con-
sidered as perfectly legal. The cry of
the ministry that there is no hope for a
condition Of we'll grounded peace in
Ireland unless an unen ding prospect Of
/ fear is brought over the land is evi.
B sd,enceE too eloquent Of savage and
s.ct,rlimlInalsin difference.
sYssr of Christ doms ], has g
The Irish standard., 1887-07-09

The Catholic Columbian wants to
know if 1t is in order to inquire as to
the expediency of law to forbid the
sale to boys and girls of dime novels {?
Every few days we read and hear of
boys, after a course of such reading,
buying revolvers and taking to robbery
and murder. 1t seems to us that So
ciety has the right to protect itself
against an evil so glaring.
The Irish standard., 1887-07-09

The Church of St. Lawrence. of this
city, was incorporated with the secre-
tary of state at St. Paul Tuesday, with
Bishop Ireland. Vicar General Angus
tin Raveaux, Pastor Jas. O'Reilly and
lay members Edward Donlin and John
Walsh as incorporators.
The Irish standard., 1887-07-09

A ROME dispatch of July says the
the Pope has decided to unite the dio-
ceses of Wichita and Concordia with
that of I4eavenworth, Kan, and the
dioceses of Lincoln and Cheyenne with
that of Omaha.
The Irish standard., 1887-07-09
INDEPENDENCE DAY.

John Adams, one of the truest pa
triots that ever lived and second Presi
dent of the United States, spoke thus
once upon time OF the way in which
Independence Day ought to be OBJ
served: ut will be celebrated by sue
ceeding generations as the great ami
versary festival. 1t ought to be cele'
brated as the day of deliverance by
solemn acts of devotion to Almighty
God. 1t ought to be solomnized with
pomp and parade, with shows, games.
sports, guns, bells, bonfires and illumin-
ations, from one end of the continent
to the other, from this time forth for
evermore." If that noble patriot had
been in the flesh last Monday we be-
lieve he would have expressed himself
as being perfectly satisfied at the way
the anniversary of American Independ.
ence was celebrated. OF course there
are many who tell us that the Observ-
ance Of the dav has degenerated, and
they long for the good old days when
the ''Glorious Fourth was celebrated
more in accordance with their peculiar
ideas. There are always some people
signing for what can not be; who look
back to the days of their childhood and
wish them here again; who are ever
talking OF the '.good old days. when
laughter rang with richest mirth, when
work was plentiful and beggars scarce,
and life so free from care that wrinkles
never marked the happy face We ad-
wise our young friends to turn deaf
ear to these people they have either
mi>read the past or not read it all. Dis.
tance lends enchantment to the view,
but yet We have not to go far back to
the good old times" to learn that kings
and queens were worse lodged and fed
and taught than servant is nowadays.
Then, again, it is very foolish and
wrong to either wish the past back
again, or to speak slightingly of it: 1t
filled it's place; it did it's appointed
work. If we do look back for one hun
dred and eleven years we find that out
of terrible wars blessings have come.
If George III. had not been despot
who can tell what form of government
would have existed upon this continent,
although it would only be in keeping
with a monarchicaI form of govern
ment f, George ILLS successor to
have acted Just as his father did. Be
that as it may, one thing is certain,
that never in the history Of the United
States was the day more II propriately
or decorously celebrated than it was
last Monday. and the reason why it's
joyful observance WAS so grand
throughout the land and in other coun-
tries wherever Americans could assem-
BILE in It's honor is known to all. That
it should he so widely recognized and
celebrated was only just tribute to the
patriots who secured to us the liberties
and h1assinps we now QniOV
The Irish standard., 1887-07-09

DIR. FULTON is making an ass of him
self by his TRADE against Catholics. If
he takes our advice he will save his in
sulting and windy utterances for the
heathens and stop trying to foist them
upon an intelligent people. Cheap nc
toriety is all the Doc or is after.
The Irish standard., 1887-07-09
THE EARL OF ABERDEEN HON0RED.

THE EARL OF ABERDEEN HONORED.
The recognition which the Earl and
Lady Aberdeen, who are now visiting
our sister city of St. Paul, are
receiving at the hands of the
Irish American citizens IS well.
timed. Ever ince their arrival they
have been the recipients of honors from
from the mos. influential Irishmen in
the city, which show that with
Irishmen gratitude is a sentiment not
to be affected by time or distance.
While we cannot confess a great love
for the British nobility, yet it must be
admitted on all sides that the. Earl of
Aberdeen is something more than a
nobleman in title-he is one of Natures 8
noblemen. During the time he was
amongst the Irish people as lord-lieu-
tenant he proved himself a man who
had the best interests of tue country at
heart. To become convinced that he
was appreciated by [rishmen one has
only to recall to min,l til. SORROW occa-
stoned by his departure fro Ireland.
But this is not all. Sluce his departure
from Ireland, he has availed hims of
every opportunity to place the Home
Rule cause in its true light. He has
never been known to distort facts in
order to justify his position, as some OF
his opponents have. A representative
of the st. Paul Globe the other day in
terviewed the Earl with regard to the
political situation in Great Britain and
Ireland. He stated that the Crimes
Bill would undoubtedly pass Parlia-
ment by small majority, but that its
enforcement would awaken such re
action that the Salisbury Government
would be required to resign. MANY
people in America, I find, are of the
impression that Home Rule for Ireland
means total dismem emberment from the
kingdom. This is not so. 1t is the OBJ
ject of the party in advocating Home
Rule doctrines to do away with the
present bitterness of feeling toward the
government and secure harmonious
union, allowing to Ireland the right OF
local government, subject to the appro.
val of the general government. We are
sure to be successful in the end.
Very few men are in better position
to form q correct opinion Of the future
of British politics, and as such great
weight should be attached to his state
Iments on this subject s.s
The noble Earl was entertained sDy
The Irish standard., 1887-07-09

The jubilee of His Holiness Pope
Leo XIII. will be celebrated on the last
day of the present year at Rome and all
over the world.
The Irish standard., 1887-07-09

In communication which appears
in recent issue of an English ex-
change attention is called to the vulgar
error that the pieces of the True Cross
preserved in various parts of the world
suffice to make cross considerably
larger than the one on which Our Sa-
viour was cruci6ed. There is abso-
lutely no foundation for the silly state
ment. AS matter of fact, the relics
that are to be found would not give, if
taken together, a superfcies of more
than four million cubic mlllimeters-a
very small part indeed of the materials
required to make a cross. "This is a
TRUTH" remarks the writer, 1.-The know
ledge of which is of no little Importance
to diffuse for certain laughing philo-
sophers have done considerable mis-
chief to religion by their exaggerations
and sneers with regard to the number
and character of the sacred relics treas
ured up in Europe and Asia.''
The Irish standard., 1887-07-09

On Sunday, July II. the annual COL
lection for the. Holy Father will be
taken up in all the churches of the
Archdiocese of Boston.
The Irish standard., 1887-07-09

EVEN the Tory organs are beginning
to be displeased with Salisbury's ad-
minlstration. The London Post, Lord
Randolph Churchill's organ, says:
1.-The result of the Spaldlng election
seems to show that the Government has
not met the demands of public opinion
with reference to the crimes bill. The
government has dawdled over four
months, while the bill might have been
passed forcibly in as many weeks. The
sooner a stronger government is framed
the better. Great changes are neces-
sary, with view to strengthening the
ministry's hold upon the country." The
majority of the electors of Great Brit
ain and Ireland are doubtless willing
to believe that ''great changes are ne
cessary," but Mr.. Gladstone is the only
man who will be able to accomplish any
great change.
The Irish standard., 1887-07-09

PROFESSOR TYNDALL and his Orange
friends, and the Unionists and Tories
are losing their mental equilibrium, be-
cause they know that Home Rule must
come and that the minority can no
longer dominate the majority. In every
civilized and rightly governed land the
majority rules, and the minority are
content to accept proportionate share
of administration. In Ireland the
bigots have, so far, reversed the condi-
tion under which Providence has or.
dained that civilized society should
exist. They are fighting against
natural Justice and they cannot
prevail. AS sure as the sun shines in
the heavens, Home Rule will, before
many years, be an accomplished fact
The Catholic majority will rule. and it
will rule with liberation and wisdom.
The enthusiastic reception given to.
Professor Galbraith, a sound Protestant.
at the meeting held in the new Leinster
Hall, Dublin, was convincing testimony
that an Irish Catholic audience is free
from bigotry, and the we'll chosen and
sincere words in which the Archbishop
of Dublin referred to the Professor,
prove that, though q Jealous prelate of5
the Catholic Church, His Grace sis toll
Grant to his heart's 8 core.
The Irish standard., 1887-07-09

THE editor of the London Times, it is
said, was sorely disappointed because
he was not created a peer on the occa-
sion of the Queens Jubilee, as reward
for the publication of that scurrilous
series of letters entitled, ''Parnellism
and Crime" The Boston Pilot IA
cetiously suggests that he forge letters
patent of nobility. Certainly he is ca
pable of following out the Pilots sug-
gestion, and we do not doubt but that
he is correspondingly liable.
The Irish standard., 1887-07-09
EDITORIAL BREVITlEs.

Mr.. PowDERLY says that with edu-
cation free to all, as it is in this coun-
try, Ignorance is unpardonable."
The Irish standard., 1887-07-09

outraged womanhood and exterminated
manhood calls down the vengeance of
Heaven. Respectfully,
JOHN BYRNE.
The Irish standard., 1887-07-09

AT the request of Mr.. Parnell, Mr..
Gill, who was nominated for Lord
Mayor, withdrew in favor of Mr..
Sexton.
The Irish standard., 1887-07-09

A BROOKLYN paper, the Citizen,
speaking of the Queens jubilee says {:
"The impartial verdict on Queen Vic
toria will be that she was a woman OF
strong domestic feelings, Enthusiastically
avaricious, opposed as far as she dared
te to the liberal tendencies of the age,
and chiefly distinguished in her latter
years for an insane hatred of a dis
tinguished statesman named Glad
stone. To the British Empire she has
been almost as useful as modern
figure heads are to ships"
The Irish standard., 1887-07-09

IT is a remarkable fact that of all the
places under British rule possessing
natural advantages for immigration
purposes not one of them are in a pros
perous condition. A Newcastle Eng.)
man, writing to newspaper at his
home from Sydney, gives poor ac-
count of Australia. Among other
things he says: Il hung on to the col
onies as long as l could. They have
been gradually getting worse for two
or three years, till now think Austria
liza is much more depressed than ever
the old country was. 1t is most pitt
able to see the misery and starvation
that exists in Australia at the present
time. You cannot CLEAN from Austria
liam papers the real state of the people,
especially the working classes. When
we came to Sydney, six years and half
ago, business was very fair, but it has
been gradually getting worse, and now
thousands of clever people would en-
brace the chance of getting out of the
country if they could raise the money
to do so. 1t is generally admitted that
Australia is cooked" 1t is only in
the United Ssates that immigrants can
secure advantages of substantial and
lasting character.
The Irish standard., 1887-07-09

the latter frequently nothing at all. 1t
appears that even the Dublin Freeman
has suffered by this injustice, except
when it has sent it's own reporters to
the scenes of demonstration. This
state of things is contemplate. The
Boston Republic makes a suggestion
which the Home Rule papers of the
three realms would do well to consider.
It is that they should form a league of
their own to thwart The telegraphic
news agencies.
The Irish standard., 1887-07-09

1T is statement that does not ad-
NIT of contradiction that for many
years extortioDs and expressions OF the
most inhuman character have been
practiced by certain firms and corpora
tions upon young girls and boys in their
employ. Common humanity as we'll as
the honor and we'll being of society
call for more stringent laws against the
debasement of the boys and girls, who
are forced to go to work at an early
age. This is serious evil, and it calls
for investigation on the part of tie
Knights of Labor.
The Irish standard., 1887-07-09

A DISPATCH from Wilkesbarre, Pa {,
of July 6, says: 1.-The famous NAL
linckrodt (German) Convent located
here, was the scene of most impressive
ceremonies this morning, consisting Of
taking the black veil by 20 lady can
didates from various parts of the
United States and Germany. and the
taking of the white veil VOWS by "a no.
vitiates from prominent cities in the
tinguished Catholic clergymen were
present.